KEY DEFINITONS
What is Paap
A bad action that goes against the agna of Maharaj and Swami.
Explain how Kriyaman Karma affects future births.
Answer: Daily actions add to karma that determines future experiences and lives.
What does Maharaj say about harming a devotee?
Answer: It is a very serious sin that God does not forgive easily.
What prevented the Subo’s commander from arresting Maharaj?
Answer: Maharaj sent him into samadhi
Can disobeying God’s commands be forgiven?
Yes through sincere prayer
What is Moksha?
Liberation of the soul from maya, material bondage, and the cycle of birth and death.
Which type of karma explains why two people live very different lives?
Answer: Prarabdha Karma.
Why are Maha Paap still relevant today?
Answer: Their meanings apply to modern situations even if the exact acts are rare.
What did Laldas see in samadhi that caused his change of heart?
Answer: The pits of naraka and Maharaj’s divine form in Akshardham
What conviction should a devotee maintain about God’s form?
Answer: That God is the avatāri and eternally divine
What is Punya
Good actions that align with Maharaj and Swami’s agna.
What is Kriyaman Karma?
Answer: The new actions performed in this life that shape future karma.
According to Vachnamrut Gadhada I-71, which sin is worse than the five Maha Paap?
Answer: Denouncing the form of God or harming a true devotee.
What was the final outcome of the Visnagar incident for the devotees?
Answer: Maharaj forgave the Subo and blessed the devotees who had suffered
What is considered blasphemy in Gadhada II-9?
Answer: Realizing God as formless or like other avatars
Explain how Paap, Punya, and Droh together form Karma.
Answer: All three accumulate over lifetimes and determine a soul’s experiences and its journey toward or away from Moksha.
What is Prarabdha Karma?
Answer: The portion of karma chosen to be experienced in the current life.
Which Maha Paap refers to drinking alcohol?
Answer: Madya-pan.
Why did Udaykunvarba and Baldevkumar discourage Maharaj from meeting the Subo?
Answer: They feared the Subo would harm or capture Maharaj
What does Maharaj say is the result of attaining God or His Sant?
Answer: There is no other liberation beyond this; it itself is ultimate Moksha
What is Droh, and how is it different from paap?
Droh is a much more serious sin, often described as blasphemy, and is worse than regular paap.
What is Sanchit Karma?
Answer: The accumulated stock of good and bad karma from past lives.
What are the five Maha Paap called?
Answer: Brahma-hatya, Madya-pan, Suvarnani chori, Guru-stri no sang, Charmāhino sang.
Who hosted Shriji Maharaj in Visnagar?
Answer: Udaykunvarba
Which scriptures does Maharaj reference to show there is one central principle?
Answer: The Vedas, Purans, and Itihas scriptures